. >>> senator dianne feinstein's assault weapons ban will likely be approved by a senate committee, expected to get through the democratic-led senate judiciary committee probably on a party line vote but will have a tough time before the full senate next month facing an 800-pound gorilla, the national rifle association. >>> a san francisco group of silicon valley investors is announcing biometric firearm locks, more than 20 venture capitalists formed the technology committee to reduce gun violence, joined today by parents of victims of the newtown school shooting for a ted hall event at the bill graham civic auditorium. >>> 5:46. a policy to ease overcrowding in state prisons may be responsible for a rising number of sex offenders violating their parole. the san francisco examiner reports the number of sex offenders who violated parole in california went up 15% since a realignment policy 17 months ago. in san francisco the number of sex offenders violators went up. a lot of them serve very little time because of overcrowding. >>> now we're hearing that keith olbermann and current-tv reached